If You're Smart—

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If You're Smart—

by Malcolm Jameson

EN·~30 minutes·1 chapter

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1 total

If You're Smart—

30:21

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In the glittering, industrial sprawl of Saturn’s moons, a brilliant but idealistic scientist wrestles with a ruthless magnate. Dr. Claud Kellog has finally completed his “Antichron” device, a breakthrough that could reshape interplanetary trade, and he’s approached by Wolf Carmichael, the self‑styled “Wolf of Saturn,” who offers a partnership that smells of exploitation. Carmichael’s slick proposal promises funding and distribution, yet his terms would leave the inventor with little more than a name on a patent.

The clash soon drags Kellog’s personal history into the fray. His family’s modest inter‑satellite freight line, a lifeline for countless miners and traders, has already felt Carmichael’s heavy hand through taxes, quarantines and forced bankruptcies. As Kellog walks the bustling streets of Saturnport, the sight of the mogul’s monopoly fuels his resolve to protect his creation—and his legacy—from being swallowed whole. The story sets the stage for a high‑stakes showdown between visionary science and cut‑throat capitalism.

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en

Duration

~30 minutes (29K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

Feb 24, 2020

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Malcolm Jameson

Malcolm Jameson

1891–1945

A retired U.S. Navy officer who turned to fiction late in life, he became a memorable pulp-era science fiction writer with a knack for energetic adventure and naval realism. His stories helped shape the feel of early Golden Age magazine SF, especially tales of space patrols and strange twists of time.

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